Easterseals

Easterseals is a nonprofit provider of disability and community services, tracing its origins to 1919. Easterseals Southern California operates as a regional affiliate of the national Easterseals network, serving children, adults and their families across Southern California and drawing on more than a century of advocacy work carried out under the broader national organisation.

Its programmes span autism services, early childhood care, adult day services, employment and job training, mental health services and support for veterans. The organisation describes its approach as whole-person care, addressing physical, mental, emotional and social well-being through integrated services, and it reports serving thousands of individuals across the region each year.

The stated mission is to empower people with disabilities, older adults, veterans and their families to live independent, full lives with dignity and equity, and to change how the world defines and views disability. Structurally, the organisation combines the stability of a national nonprofit with a local, community-based delivery model intended to be responsive and personalised.